Which world leader has the worst pandemic record?

A CATASTROPHIC pandemic and a calamitous presidency combined to give the US the world’s worst pandemic death toll. That was essentially confirmed by Deborah Birx, President Donald Trump’s Covid-19 task force co-ordinator, who told CNN that most deaths in the US could have been prevented.

And yet – cold comfort – Trump might not have been the worst leader of the pandemic. Others arguably botched the crisis more than Trump did, and the list tells you a lot